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Comment by Diane Kachel on June 12, 2009 at 3:20pm

Hi, John

Thanks for posting the article on "fixing the lungs outside the body." I had not seen this article yet and have passed it onto others from the University of Minnesota Center for Lung Science and Health that are potentially interested in this topic as well - to either repair injured lung and/or rebuild/build lungs for transplantation. One of our joint faculty members, Angela Panoskaltis-Mortari, PhD, just recently chaired a symposium at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference held in San Diego last month entitled, "Bioengineering for Lung Diseases: Can we Rebuild the Lung? Andrew Price from her lab was a travel reward recipient at this year's annual conference for his oral research abstract presentation on "Decellularized Lung as a 3-D Matrix for Bioengineering of the Lung." Doris Taylor, PhD, from the University of Minnesota recently made national/international news for her pioneering work in using a decellularized animal heart as the scaffolding upon which she was able to essentially rebuild a functioning heart. To read more about this, you can go to: http://www1.umn.edu/umnnews/Feature_Stories/Researchers_create_a_new_heart_in_the_lab.html
The work that is currently being done in research is truly amazing - beyond what I am sure most dreamed possible. Takes time, hard work, interdisciplinary expertise, money etc but progress is definitely being made! Diane

Comment by Kathryn on June 12, 2009 at 1:52pm

Thanks John!

Comment by John Gundrum on April 19, 2009 at 5:30pm

http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/22510/ Hi every one here is an interesting article about repairing lungs for more transplant

Comment by John Gundrum on March 1, 2009 at 5:45pm

Here is a video I made about my transplant and the Gift of Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNOpk0BZFlc

Comment by Kathryn on September 24, 2008 at 8:31pm

Geee Meghann- I hear the sound of one hand clapping. ;-)

Comment by Kathryn on April 17, 2008 at 8:01pm

In Durham, NC groups from transplant professionals, our local OPO and and transplant patients and their families including those who have lost loved ones to chronic rejection and infection are in the process of creating The Lung Transplant Foundation dedicated to research into some of our common killers. I will update as the process unfolds. This will be a national organization.

Comment by Kathryn on April 8, 2008 at 7:34pm

Have you had a nissan fundiplication? Are you considering one? I am interested in opinions about this procedure.

Comment by Kathryn on April 6, 2008 at 3:14pm

I reccomend two books: "Sick Girl Speaks" and
The Power of Two: A Twin Triumph over Cystic Fibrosis
Isabel Stenzel Byrnes
and Anabel Stenzel
ISBN 978-0-8262-1754-7
312 pages